Other Writing
Children’s and Teenage Gaelic novels and stories
Clann a’ Phroifeasair, 55 pp, Gairm, Glasgow, 1988
ISBN 901771 94 5
Illustrated by Nick Hesketh
Follows the adventures of Eachainn and Anna on the island of Oransaigh, when their father, a professor of physics, makes special planes for them. For age 8 +
Also in Irish Gaelic, Clò Iar-Chonachta, 1992
Talfasg, Gairm, 1990
ISBN 1 871901 01 4
A sequel to Clann a’ Phroifeasair. A sci-fi tale, Eachainn and Anna are teenagers and they inadvertently enter their father’s time machine.
Also in Irish Gaelic, Coiscéim, 1992
Mèirlich nam Bradan, 65 pp, Acair, Stornoway, 1991
ISBN 0 86152814 X
Illus by Aonghas MacDhòmhnaill
In pursuit of the salmon thieves. An adventure story for age 8 +
À Ulbha gu Geelong, 66 pp, Acair
ISBN 1992, 0 86152 935 9
Illus by Seonag Chaimbeul
Ulva is a little island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull. This story follows the adventures of a family caught up in the clearances of the mid 19th century and how they ended up in Australia.
Iain agus na Drogaichean, 58 pp, Acair, 1993, teenage
ISBN 0 86152 912 X
At school in Portree, Iain and his friends become involved in pursuing drug smugglers.
Murt ann an Diùrainis, 63 pp, Acair, 1993, teenage
ISBN 0 86152 937 5
Dòmhnall Iain and Ailig plan a night in watching a film with Raonaid and Seonag. There is a knock at the door and they are met by a badly wounded Chinese person. From then on they are caught up in the bloody aftermath of the student protests in Tiananmen Square...
Caisteal nan Sgràgan, Stòrlann/Acair, 2002. For age 8 +
ISBN 0 86152 742 9
A Halloween horror/adventure story. Worksheets for this book are available at www.ltscotland.org.uk/gaidhlig
Adult Fiction
Ri Aghaidh na Creig (On the Rock Face), short story in the anthology Cha Sgeul Rùin E (Not a Secret), Acair, 1995
ISBN 0 86152 1854
Forthcoming:
Teas, adult novel set in Inverness in the 1980s.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Gràmar na Gàidhlig, practice workbook, 288 pp, Stòrlann, Lewis, 2005
ISBN 1-904730-26-4
A workbook for advanced Gaelic learners to go with Gràmar na Gàidhlig by Michel Byrne.
Written for 5th and 6th year secondary classes.
ISBN 0 86152 753 4
Contains reading passages with a follow through story-line to illustrate points of grammar, in addition to extensive exercises, and answers.
Beatha le Buaidh worksheets for Gaelic Medium and Learners’ high-school classes to go with the Stòrlann booklets of the same name. The booklets, by Ailig O’ Henley, tell the main events in the lives of well-known contemporary figures, among them Nelson Mandela, Kelly Holmes and Madonna. Available on-line at www.ltscotland.org.uk/gaidhlig
Gaelic Essays and Articles
Feartan ann am Bàrdachd Shomhairle MhicGill-Eain (Strengths in Sorley MacLean’s Poetry). This essay on the poetry of Sorley MacLean can be accessed on-line by putting the title in Google.
A’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn Bàrdachd (Discussing Poetry) with particular reference to Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh (Dogs and Wolves) by Sorley MacLean, in Gairm, issue 125, pp58-60.
Creideamh, Saidheans agus ‘Loidhne an t-Saoghail’ (Belief, Science and ‘the World Line’), looking at the interaction of faith and science. In Gairm, Part 1 in issue 193, p 35 and Part 2 in issue 194, p 141.
Iosa Crìosda, Dàn Dhè (Jesus Christ, God’s poem), Gairm 190, p 168. Looks at Jesus’ use of figurative language and how His own life was, through action, a reified poem.
Leasachadh agus Cànan, (Development and Language), Gairm 141, p 24.